Guido Münch's REVIVAL exhibition at Ivory Tars showcases 1990s student work on consumer culture through abstraction.

Guido Münch, a German artist, is set to unveil his inaugural solo exhibition in the UK, named REVIVAL, at Ivory Tars in Glasgow, running from 18 January to 23 February. This exhibition revisits his student works from the mid-1990s, showcasing paintings that reinterpret consumer imagery into abstract forms. Among the pieces are three canvases, München/Rom/Dublin (1997), which simplify Adidas stripes into flat bands of color. Additionally, five logo paintings feature band emblems: Godflesh and Unsane (both 1995), Clutch (1995), and Nirvana (1995), previously exhibited in the 1995 show Big Sell Out Bastard at Kunstakademie Karlsruhe. A vitrine includes personal items like an Unsane T-shirt and a ticket for The Matrix (1999). Two black-and-white paintings from 1995 explore the concept of painting as an impersonal autobiography. The exhibition's title, REVIVAL, implies that nostalgia can cleanse historical cultural conflicts.